Hayati Kulluha Lillah

07Mar09

My ustaz said, the first step of learning a language is to listen correctly. Listen correctly makes you pronounce correctly.
Below is one of few nasheeds that I had to listen and sing in front of my ustaz. Beautiful

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Tadabbur

13Feb09

Being in a new place actually gives new insight, new understanding when reading Quran.  The feelings when reading some aayah are different when I were in Japan or Malaysia.  Aayah about thunder and rain probably gives less impact to me in Egypt than in Malaysia as Egypt only experience rain twice a year. Aayah about unbelievers [...]

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Update 1

02Feb09

alhamdulillah class has officially started today
mashAllah, the Azharis, they are really up for anything. Even asked for english private class in the middle of packed schedule.
went to the ‘ma’rat’ , second largest book fair in the world, sadly ‘IM books’ were prevented from being sold.
Cairo, adventurous city. Feeling like Indiana Jones.

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salam

30Jan09

 
so many stories to tell, so many pictures to be shared
enjoying the atmosphere, alhamdulillah
from a dusty keybord at a small cc in cairo

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Janji

07Jan09

Bukan masa untuk bersedih, ini bukan tahyul lama
Masanya untuk mengorak langkah, menyusun strategi dan mempersiapkan barisan
Teringat  rangkap-rangkap yang kita nyanyikan dekat Chiba.
Rangkap yg sama telah diperjuangkan oleh pendahulu-pendahulu kita,
dan saudara-saudara kita di sana.
Mereka sedang diuji keikhlasan lafaz mereka
esok lusa mungkin giliran kita

ring a bell?
(33:23)

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Ujian

21Dec08

Tidak lama lagi di Jepun dan mungkin di tempat-tempat lain juga akan ada satu ujian besar.
Ujian ini bukan bukan berbentuk kesempitan, kesusahan mahupun keresahan. Tapi ia adalah ujian berbentuk masa lapang. Waspadailah diri kita sama-sama.
Bersiap-sedia menghadapi ujian ini
“Ya Allah jauhkan kami dari fitnah masa lapang.”

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Kem Tarbiyah

12Dec08

This entry is kinda random.
If you have ever read Sayyid Qutb’s Muqaddimah Fi Zilal, you would see life in the truest sense and a completely different fashion. While we are using our own limited sense to explain everything that happens in this world, Sayyid Qutb tries to bring us back in track concordance to the [...]

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alhamdulillah..

27Nov08

Alhamdulillah
SubhanAllah wa bihamdihi, ‘Adada kholkihi, Waridho nafsihi, Wazinata ‘arsyihi, Wamidada kalimaatih
Maha suci Allah dengan segala tahmidNya, sebanyak makhluk ciptaanNya, serela hatiNya, seberat timbangan ArasyNya, dan sebanyak tinta kalimahNya
Subhanallah, great thing happened today (err great things happen everyday lah). I asked for something this morning and Allah gave me more than I asked in the evening. [...]

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Islamic Ads

17Oct08

If only we could do this in Japan without freaking out the obaasan
GainPeace ads on Chicago CTA. Visit Gainpeace

WhyIslam ads in NYC subway. Visit Whyislam

obaasan = makcik-makcik sihat yang berpeleseran

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Is the Franklin morphing into the Washington?!

16Oct08

From Shaykh Anwar Awlaki’s blog. Read what the Shaykh has to say about the US economy.
For those readers outside of the US who have no clue what the title of this post is talking about: Benjamin Franklin is the US statesman who is featured on the face of the $100 bill and George Washington is [...]

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